Toy pistol.



J. WILGOX.

1 TOY PISTOL.l

- APPLICATION FILED MAY 24., 1910.' 1,016,310.

Patented @16,1912

JOHN MLCOA;

"UMTED SM1-@PATENT 'omer'.

JOHN Wincor; or msnen' Nomrrraxo'ra;

Taall 'whomit may concern. I I

` Be it known that I, JOHN Wn-.coma citi.-

zenof the United Statesyresiding at Nisbet, in theA county of liver, State of Northi Dakota, have invented certain new. anduse ful Improvements in Toy Pistols; and, I' do hereby declare 'the following to be a. full,. clear', and exact de'scri tion-fof the invention,

liers'skilled i'n the artl such-as `will enable vot to which it appertains to' 'make-and usethe same. 2. .ff

This invention relates to improvements in toypistols hf -the class wherein-a spring., vis employed to eject a projectile, and has for one ofits objects tio-provide a device of this character wherein the grip'of thetrigger is increased by the force `of Athe tiring spring, to 'prevent accidentali4 displacement o f tlhe firing spring until the trigger? is actuate. With this and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain. novel features of construction as hereinafter. shown and described and 'then specifically pointed out in the claim; and, in thedrawingsillus; trative of the preferred embodiment of `the invention. Figure 1 is ai side elevation of the improveddevice, partly in section, Fig. 2 is a bottomplan view with the handle and the tiring spring in section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. The im royed device comprises a barrel ortion lOvand azhand grip or stock 11, ci) any required `shape, but referably resembling the outlines of an or inary plstol. The barrel 10 -is 'bored longitud1nally as indicated at 12 ,and with a longitudinal vertical slot communicating with thebore, or with one portion 13 of the slot above the bore and the other portion 14 f the slot below the bore,ias shown. i

I Rigidly secured at 15 in the stock or grip 11 is a resilient" wire member 16 which consuppliedwith an operating springy stitutes the firing element of the device,'

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relativ-elysa@ "the rear rid-i the time, and the `keeper 21 is so arranged thatthe spring 22 operates to maintaiif the arm: por?- tion 18 of the trigger normally in advance of the pivot,17 ,l as representedffin Eiga By .this arrangement when' 'pressure is apf plied to the downwardly depending portion 20 of thet-riggeiifthepoint or catch portion 19 1s withdrawnfronrits 'ositionl over the 'slot 14. The ejector mem enl'itwill be noted when forced backwardly. bythe handof the Aoperator bears against the poin't 19 of the trigger and displacesthe saine and is caught in the rear of tliofpint 'and-held' thereby. Thereafter the forward1 strain of safety of the device. The Itrigger being',-

arrauged `to sta-nd at a' transverse angle to the longitudinal pla-ne of the barrelmakes it hard to trip the device and thus still further increases its safety. The barrel 10 and its stock ,11 will'pref-- erably beformed of one single ieee of.

wood, while the.remaining parts o the de,.-

`4the member 16 causes'the arm 19t() Swing n its `pivot 17, and forcesthe" p'o1 nt.1-9` ik her across the slot 14 and consequently vice except the projectile are of metal. Thg.

projectile ma wooden rod, represented :1t-23. The im# proved implement may be loaded by. inserting the projectile into the barrel and forcing it rearwardly against the member 16 n n-til the latter automatically displaces the point 19 of the trigger and is engaged behind the same, or the member 16 may be first drawn rearwardly by the fingers of the operator.- and engaged with the trigger before the projectile is inserted, as may be preferred.

kWhat is claimed is '4 A toy pistol including a stock and ja be of any required shape:- but will pre erablybe in the form of ii 93:

barrel having a longitudinal bore and with a longitudinal slot communicatingwit-h the bore, a resilient tiring member formed from a single piece of spring wire one end of which is movable through the slot and within the bore and the other end Voit which curved downwardly and forwardly and then upwardly and rearwardly and secured in the 'Forward portion of the butt of the stock, a trigger including a pivoted arm swinging transversely of the path of the firing inembei' and extending 'at an angle toward the muzzle end of the barrel, said arm having .a catch lng near its free end engagin the firing member, whereby the force o' the fii'in member is exerted to inuintainthe arm in 1ts position, a keeper for said trigger,

und means for normally holding said trigger in locking position, said means consist-imlr of a bowed spring having one end passed downwardly through the pivoted arm and 15 its other end secured to the side' of the stock in such a manner that. the spring bears against the stoclz.tliroughout its length.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature,'in presence of two witnesses.A

JOHN WILCOX. "Witnesses:

C. F. SCHWEIGERT, GUs'rAr LINDQUIST. 

